The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-15 00:00:00

It. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at fight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. A SPOHR NIGHT THIS EVENING. Mr. Santley (last appeara-ce), Mdlle.C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs, Mr. Levy, and Mr. J. Winterbo tom. Orchestra of One Hun dred Performers, And the Band of the Coldstream Guards. The Faust Selection. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED 3IELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One Shilling.; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, LI is. and 10s. 6 To-morrow (Friday), a MEYERBEER NIGHT. Mr. Weiss will appear on Saturday, for that night only. On Monday next, a GOUNOD NIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Mr. BECK.STONE respectfully info-ms his friends aid the public that this Theatre will of en on MONDAY next, Sept. 19, to commence, at 7 w.th a Ballet, entitled BACCHUS AND AR I ADS E, in which the Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq, with Miss Carob. e Adams and Miss Fanny Wright, will appear. After which, at halt-past 7 , , O'Ketife s revived Comic Opera of THE CAST LE OP' AN DAM.; sIA. Don Cxsar, Mr. Weis.4, who will sing the original songs, "Flow thou regal purple str: am," "On by the spur of valour goaded," and The Wolf ;" Don Alphonso, Mr. Arthur Mathison, with the original song, " the hardy sailor brave, the ocean" and" The bud uf the rose ;" Doa Scfi io, Mr. Chippendale ; Don Fer nando, Mr. W. Farren ; Spado (a robber!, Mr. Buckstone ; Pedrillo, with "A master I have, and I am his man," Mr. Compton ; Don Juan. Mr. Rogers ; Sanguine, Mr. Braid ; Victoria, Miss Nelly Moore; Catalina, with "Two strings to hi , bow." Miss Louise Keeley; Donna Isabel 'a,Mrs.Griffiths ; Donna Lorenzo, Madame Weiss, who wills n "Ah ! why do we love ?" (Hatton), "Love is a gentle thing" (Howard Glover), and "The lark n,w leaves her watery nest" (Hatton). To be followed by (first time at this Theatre) Morton's Farce of FRIEND rVAG,ILES. Horatio Waggles (hie original character), Mr. Compton. After " Friend Waggles," " God save the Queen" will be sung by Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. Matthison, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fosbroke, Madame Weiss, and the entire company. Concluding with A KISS IN T HE DARK. On Monday, Oct. 3, will be produced a version of Alexander Dumas's play of "Mademoiselle de Belle Isle," the Engli h version by Frances Anne Kemble, in which Mad Le. Beatrice Lucehesini, of the Odeon and Vaudeville, Paris, will make her first appearance in England. In rehearsal, a new Farce, by the Author of "Box and Cox," in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr, Rogers, Mr. Water Gordon, Miss Snowdon, and Mrs. E. lam willappear. The box-office will be opened on Saturday next, Sept, 17, and daily from 10 till 5, under the direction of Mr. G. Turpin. pco YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'liafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma .Barnett, and Miss Rainy Gwynne. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sale Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. T EIIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. Toole and Billington. After which, 2nd time, STEPHEN DIG GES. Messrs. J. L..foole, H. Phillips, isillinglon, Stephenson; Mrs. Billing ton, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. And T EIE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole, I'. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. A. Mellon, ,tc. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.,,,,, SHIN EN P TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Sesson. THIS EVENING (tor the 4th time): Mr. Arthur Sketchly's highly •successtul and original Comedy of HOW WILL T HEY GE r OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND M&RGUERITE. To conclude with UNDE tf, THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. Mr,. Stilling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. 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THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN' supplied, as soon as publi s h e d ever y E ven i ng b y -HENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 2t, Old Cavendish street, W. meat WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai DAY.—Morning, lh. 10m.—Afternoon, lh. 32m. ro• moßßow.-Morning, lh. 54m.—Afternoon, 2h. 18m. 47111 • r . .. 1* . 1 , 1 4 4 . 1-CO j it I LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1864. The condition of the Ottoman Empire is a matter of some interest to European statesmen. It is true that the opinion is shared in many quarters that eventually the Turks must relax their bold on Lurope, and retreat altogether to that Asiatic Ems pire with which their religion, customs, and ways of thinking are not so incongruous. But while the Turks still occupy their present position, they must necessarily exercise some influence on other nations, and it is impossible to forget that the last European war originated in th...t quarter. At present there are no sympton33 of a renewal of such evils, and in d yed, if the same need arose, the result would pro bibl:f be different, since the peoples and Cabinets wl' .o look calmly on at the disrr emberment of one of i'ae old< st Christian kin , :lc , ms, a kingdom profess ing constitutional iibarty, and all the otl.er attri butes of civilisation, are not likely to be roused from their lethargy by any attack upon the Turk, 13ut we bear less at ' , resent of trcascns and con' spyr-_,cies than we have done for some years past, and Russia appears, for the time at least, to have suspended her long cherished designs upon the PORTE. The Roumain provinces have been the scene of a m e l o d rama of their own, of which Prince e A was the manager and principal performer. His arbitrary proceedings were openly censured by the PORTE, but it is thought that the displeasure was not altogether genuine. It is said t tat the dominion of the Bayards gave rise to serious 'uneasiness in head -quarters, and that the continual disputes among their factions render it prol;able enough that Roumania might eventually find itself under the protection of Austria or Rus. Nis. The coup (Taal of Prince CorzA, howeyer _ we may regard it here, is looked upon by the Porte as really advantageous, since, by attacking the privileges of the Bayards and destroying their prestige, the Prince has in reality strengthened the hands of the Turkish Government. Of course, the question of the effect upon the internal government of the country, and the sacrifice of public liberty, will not weigh much with a despotic Administra tion like that of the Porte ; and the transforma tion of a tolerably free State into an arbitrary despotism is not likely to affect the secret opinion of the Sultan or his Ministers. The other out lying dependencies of the Porte are in a tolerably s itistactory condition, and the SULTAN and his Ministers are therefore free to give their whole at tention to the much needed reforms which have often been postponed on the excuse that the exter nal affairs of the Empire engaged all their time and energies. Eastern officials are not, we know, very prompt in any movement, and the entry on the path of reform is sufficiently troublesome and diffi cult to be gladly postponed as long as possible on any pretext. It is an ungracious office to begin forcing down salaries, stopping perquisites, and cutting off superfluities, to examine with a rigid and microscopic eye into long-standing abuses and comfortable little methods of en riching private coffers at the expense of the Imperial Treasury. Nevertheless, the con. dition of the public finances at the time of the present SULTAN'S accession was such as to render it imperative to begin some reforms, and it is greatly to the credit of the present ruler of the Ottoman Empire that he has put none of the obstacles that might have been expected from him in the way. Some really substantial reforms have been inaugu• rated, and a good many changes for the better have been introduced. Considerable savings have been effected in the salaries of the employes who hold official sinecures in the profuse outlay of the inha. bitants of the Palace. It has been endeavoured, too, with some success, to check the corrupt deal■ ings so common among Turkish officials, while the administration of military affairs, though much better managed, is effected at much less cost. None of these improvements have, as yet, been carried to their full extent, but enough has been done to make a change in the aspect of affairs, and to give a little more firmness to the financial prospects of the country. The SULTAN himself, however, prevents any hope of a speedy re-establishment of Turkish credit. He does not indeed partake of the lavish tastes of his prede cessors, whose profligate expenditure helped greatly to bring the Treasury into serious difficulties. Neither does he, as we have said, put any difficul ties in the way of retrenchment or reform. The obstacle which he interposes between his financiers and ultimate success, is one more worthy of a ruler, though certainly costly enough to be seriously embarassing. His outlay upon ironclad ships and fortifications is sufficient to perplex his Cabinet, while large sums are also required for his palaces and their improvements. It is natu ral, and to a degree praiseworthy in a Governor, to wish to profit by the great inventions of other nations, but he should restrict his ambition by the requirements of the national exchequer. The Turk ish Treasury has so lately been in a position of ex treme difficulty, and even danger, from its financial embarrassments that it is a thousand pities the Mi nisters lack courage or ability to convince their Sovereign that if he persists in deranging their estimates and appropriating their resources by his expensive tastes, another crisis, and perhaps a catastrophe, is inevitable. Meanwhile the harvest prospects are excellent, and the cotton crop gives indication of unwonted prosperity, so that unless these extraneous matters continue to hamper the Government, there is no reason why all these per plexities shou!d exist. It would puzzle many to account for the conduct of Earl RUSSELL, and to predict what will be his next venture. He has outdone expectation in hie management of American affairs ; and the last ruse to which he has bad to resort has not redounded greatly to his credit. The notice which appeared in the Gazette of the other day is a striking proof of the want of courage and consistency displayed by our Government, If the order forbidding in future that any ship of war belonging to the belli gerent Powers of America be allowed to enter our ports for the purpose of being dismantled or aold were necessary, why is it only just issued? Why was not the discovery made of the inadvisability of such proceedings long before ? The reason of all this excitement is obvious—it is on account of the affair of the Georgia. It has been seen that is as displeasing to the Government at Washington for the Confederate ships to be put to any useful purpose, and hence thi s or d e r. Can any policy be more mistaken and humiliating than one which seeks to curry favour in this manner with an un scrupulous and insolent power like that of the Federals. It cannot result in anything like success, it must defeat its own purpose, and cover with dies credit the men who organise such an attempt to deprecate criticism and disarm reproach when they should assume a decided position, and manifest to the world that they have some opinions of their own. If the American war be not speedily termia nated, it may be supposed, with a sure ground for the idea, that we shall witness some other notable extravaganza on the part of our Government relative to the conduct of affairs. If any one had prophesied at the outset what would be the line taken no one would have believed it ; but events have multiplied themselves in quick succession. Our Ministers have had to cope with the difficulties and confront the dangers that ine vitably arise in war, and they have not at all been ' equal to the emergency. There has been great talk of the preservation of strict neutrality, and we have heard much about the advantages of non-interven tion ; but beyond these we have seen and heard little enough else but mortifying and degrading affairs, in which our honour has always been sacri• ficed and our interests set at nought. What is all this for ? Is it to please the devotees of America, whose influence in the Cabinet of Lord PALMERSTON was to work such wonders. Is it because we are afraid of the Federals and dare not forsake them too far. It is very difficult to obtain a decisive and satisfactory answer to ouch demands, but at all events the real result of our policy is patent to the world, and it remains for ns to mourn over our national decadence in sr2irit and independ eace, and to censure those who are so ill fulfilling the duties of their high positir,n. The case of the Georgia is a scandalous one, e.nd it will be a lasting disgrace to our Government that, they should have veered about in so remarkable f I fashion, and proved themselves so incapable of a str: iightforward course. The Government that authoris ed the granting of a register, and then denies its resr ,onsibility to defend its own act, may last for a tiro e owing to peculiar circumstances, but it bears upon its front the stigma of a disgraceful land dishonourable action. Ia priNate life such condu ct would not be tolerated, and truth and justice are t he same everywhere. This state of things cannot ltist far ever, and whenever the prestige of power ht .s vanished, di men will speak scredi their minds p re t ty pl ainly as to t h e ma inspring and origin of a ll thi s .vable f or eign policy. Ve a re t o l oo k on an, , 'What everl\ say and. do not hi ng . insults are put . a P o n us, t lie flag of England is treated with contempt by an insolent and over bearing power, a soi disant ally ; and English sub jects are put to serious losses and indignities, while the Foreign Office turns its attention to the framing of orders and issuing of noticcs which shall pro pitiate the Moloch, whose wrath they dread. The report of the Poor Law Board is one that is certain to attract attention, and however dry the details and commonplace the incidents it is replete with interest of a peculiar kind, and contains much to deserve notice. In consequence of the length of time that elapses before the reports are published, we have now before us some of the details which chronicle the sad time of the distress in Lancashire. Of course this was the worst trial that the Poor Law Board has had to encounter, and there fore it is not a fair test of its workings, since in some respects it was too much for it to surmount. Four hundred and fifty thousand was the number which the year 1862-3 was in excess of the year before it, and that fact speaks volumes as to the necessity that called forth such extreme measures. It is, however, gratifying to learn that this outlay is on the de crease, and that when the next report is concocted much batter intelligence will meet our eyes. It is a strange thing that so much time should elapse before the publication of these reports, as the labour cannot be so very great, and the public would surely be kept more au courant with events if there was a nearer connection between the period of the occurrences described and the actual time of perusal. It is surely time that some inquiry be instituted as to these particulars, and those who are always ready to find fault with official arrangements, and to make it their endeavour to redress all grievances, real or imaginary, that exist in the departments of the State, had better look to this anomaly, and request an explanation of such a singular mode of proceeding. It was anything but business like and cannot answer the purpose destined to be fulfilled. It is curious to notice how little improve ment has been made since the New Poor-law system has been at work. Those who expected so tench from it must feel that they greatly over rated the attempt and thought too lightly of its schemes of reform, When we notice that the pauperism of 1860 bears the same proportion to the population as that of 1839, it cannot be said that there is any cause for satisfaction. The same space of time has witnessed striking improvements in almost every other department of the State, and reforms and new schemes have caused plenty and prosperity to be carried to the ends of the earth. The secret of all this is, doubtless, that no one takes up the subject of the Poor with anything like heart or energy. It is not considered of vital importance to the community, and hence little real attention is given to it. It cannot be true that if the skill of the Legislature were brought to bear upon the ques tion, and the appliances of the State put into requi sition, very different results would come to pass. Surely the present aspect of affairs is not so suit able that we should be content to let things alone, and the remedy that is so urgently called for ought to be attempted at once, and as soon as practicable, if we wish to avoid a disgraceful reflection. Mr. and Mrs. Kean. (Rom the Sydney *Horning Herald of July 5.) Mr. and Mrs. Kean's last appearance on the Australian stage took place yesterday evening, at the Prince of Wales Theatre. His Excellency Sir John Young, Lady Young, and suite were present, and certainly the largest audience ever brought together within the walls of any building in this colony, assembled to do honour to the two talented artists who, after a brief sojourn in Australia, are about to leave for California, and from thence to the country of their greatest triumphs—Britain. Nut only was the front of the house crammed to sultocation,but the orchestra was stormed, and, with the exception of a small place for the musicians, erowdel with people—numbers, too, were unable to get admission to the audience part of the theatre at all—and, rather than lose this last opportunity of witnessing the lest performances of Mr. and Mrs Lean, were glad to avail theraselves of places behind the scenes—and that portion of the stage concealed by the wings was as densely crowded as the other parts of the house. The play selected for the occasion was Colman's " Iron Chest," with Mr. Kean as .Mortimer, and Mrs. Kean as Lady Helen ; and the elegant comedy " The Jealous Wife." When Mr. Kean ap peared he was literally overwhelmed in an avalanche of applause, which was repeated when Mrs, Kean came on, and the enthusiasm continued throughout the play. It is scarcely necessary to allude to the performance of the first piece. The play of " The Iron Chest," it is well known, is founded on the story of Caleb 'Williams; the character of Mortimer is almost as gloomy as that of Bertram; amid the clouds of remorse and self-accusation, one gleam of sun shine only penetrates his soul—the love of Lady Helen; but even this, like the ray on the cloud, makes the more dark that portion on which it falls. True, there is a som breness in the character, yet it is not uniform, but exhibits all the changes which sensibility and suspicion are certain to create. The transitions in this play give Mr Kean fre• quent opportunities for the display of his great powers. The Soliloquy on Honour, and the description he gives to Wilford of the assassination ct his rival, were admirable, and the last scene was a perfect consummation of art. But it is needless to criticise. The drama has found a great exponent in the persons of Mr and Mrs Kean; they have brought out hidden beauties to the eye and sense of all those who have witnessed their representations, and have created more critics in Australia than a hundred editions of each separate play in which they have appeared could produce. Oa the conclusion of the "Iron Chest" there was an unani• mous call for Mr Kean and his talented lady, and after the cheering had subsided, Mr Kean, in a voice betraying the emotions of his feelings, said— " Ladies and Gentlemen ,— This being the last time that Mrs Kean and I will ever perform on this side of the Equa tor, I take the opportunity of expressing, in her name and my own ; our most grateful acknowledgments for the cour tesy and kindness which we have received during our stay in Sydney. It has afforded both of us infinite pleasure to find on our return no diminution of that success which at• tended our first performances in this city in December last, believing it to be a signal mark of your good opinion. Al low me, however, most especially to record my heartfelt appreciation of the interest and consideration evinced dur ing my serious indisposition some five months since. Such generous sympathy shed its soothing influence over the sick couch, and in the hour of suffering brought comfort and consolation to the invalid. My illness here, and Mrs Bean's severe and painful attack in Melbourne, have cast a shadow over our sojourn in these colonies, having disqua lified us for the exercise of our professional labours between three and four months out of the nine which we have passed on your hospitable shores. On Thursday next, the ship which, with the blessing of Providence, will bear us across the Pacific Ocean, is appointed to sail, and therefore I may say that in a few hours we shall leave your beautiful hare bour fur that of San Francisco, being within a day of the anniversary of our departure last year from the port of Liverpool for Victoria. Anticipating the readings and reci tations which wo are engaged to give at the Masonic) Hall on the evenings of to-morrow and Wednesday, I will now take our last farewell of Australia, with the assurance that during our wanderings memory will be busy, rais ing up before the mind's eye the many kind friends we leave behind, and recalling the many kind acts we have received at their hands. I will not dwell upon a word which always fills the heart with sadness, and more especially when the separation is for ever. I will, therefore, ladies and gentle men, simply and gratefully bid you farewell." "The Jealous Wife" presented Mr and Mrs. Kean in the domestic element of drama; and their success in this is no less great than in their more sublime conceptions of the great dramatists of the world. This evening the first of the two readings of Shakspere and other poets will be given by Mr and Mrs Kean, at the Mason :e Bail ; and the great success they have achieved in a k iatilar instructive entertainment in London and the pro. vinces of England is of itself a suflirAmat guarantee that those who avail themselves of this last opportunity of hear ing Mr and Mrs Kean will carry away with them " some thing to remember." On Thursday next they start for California, accompanied by Mr George Coppin, through whose instrumentality they were induced to visit Australia, THE PERILS OF BALLET DANCERS:LAII accident which might have been attended with the most lamentable consequences, occurred two evenings since at the Grand Theatre of Marseilles. During the ballet in the second act of " Peau d'Ano," Madlle. Pancaldi, one of the principal dancers, made a false step, and fell into the promp ter's box, which is sunk below the stage, close to the foot lights. She was not much hurt by the fall, but her dress came in contact with the gas, and was instantly in a blaze. She h3wever, promptly extricated herself, and was running across the stage when the manager, M. Defosser, caught her in his arms and succeeded in extinguishing the flames before any fatal injury was done, but his own hands were severely burnt. As there were 30 other female dancers on the stage, it is almost a miracle that further injury was not done, THE SUN, LONDOY, THURSDAY EVEISING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, SEPT. 15, The Ellora, with the heavy portion of the above mail, will leave here at 8 a.m, to•day. She may be expected at Southampton about the 24th inst. OUTWARD CALCUrTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Enxine, from :Marseilles on the 12;1, reached Malta to-day at 5 a.m., and leaves at 9 a.m. for Alexandria. THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, SEPT. 14. The Messagerics Imperiales steamship Eitrema. dure, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. AUSTRALIA. THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. We take the following summary of news from the Melbourne Argas of the 25th of July : " The political history of the month may be written briefly. Parliament has been prorogued to the 2d proximo, then to be further prorogued or dissolved. The Speaker is on a voyage to New Zealand, to assist, as a commissioner, in determin ing the future site of the capital of that colony. The impending general election is exptcted to take place in September-October, and Ministers have as yet made no sign as to the policy with which they will go before the c3untry. _ " The preliminary steps have been taken for the formation of a society to encourage immigration, the scheme for which the last Immigration Bill was passed having become abortive, apparently, in the hands of the present Government. " 'Within the last week the river Yarra has swollen into a flood which, from its height, the ex• tent of country submerged, and the damage occaa sioned in Melbourne and its suburbs, is second cniy to the great flood of last December. " We have no changes of any especial importance in regard to the production of gold to report. For many months past the miners have been steadily em ployed, without being much disturbed by the news of great rushes or discoveries, either within our own territory or in any of the neighbouring goldbearing countries, and such is their condition still. So great are the hardships to be endured on the New Zea• land goldfields during the winter, even in those of the more northern part of the middle island, where if the cold is not so severe, the rain is constant and heavy enough to interfere materially both with work and comfort, that the return stream of miners still flows hitherward pretty strongly, although accounts from Otago are more favourable again. The last new lead of any consequence opened here—that found a ccuplo of months since at Majorca—is turning out well, and has quite restored the popularity of a place which was almost deserted on the working out of the old lead there. Of the new rushes which have taken place with the last few weeks none promise to assume a scale of magni tude; still, these afford occupation to several hunk dreds of men in all, and it is batter that the miners should be thus distributed than collected together in thousands at one spot. At a few of the older places population is steadily increasing, as, for in stance, at Daylesford, around which town deep sinking is steadily extending, although the leads are not so rice by a long way as the deep leads of Ballarat, Mount Greenock, too, is now occupied by a large number of men, and the deeper the sinking becomes there the more extensive do the deposits of gold appear to be. The clearing of tracks and marking out of roads between the settlements formed within the last year or two among the mountains to the eastward had just rendered the exploration of these regions comparatively easy when the snow began to fall, and full warniug was given that winter was not the time when facilites tl.us afforded could be taken much udvantage of. The discoveries made, however by the party of men engaged at this work have since been followed up by the finding of several more reefs near the exceedingly rich one named the Pioneer, at the Crooked River, on the Gipps Land side of the range; and the report of the leader of the party, Mr. M'Millan, who first took stock through these ranges to Gipps Land, in the olden tim e s, shows that he has opened paths through much auri ferous country, parts which will doubtless prove to be fully as rich as those already taken up in these regions. Roads passable for drays have been marked out through tracts of country before impracticable even for packhorses; and, as a proof that the value of such services is duly acknowledged, Mr. M'Mil• lan has been engaged to clear and make dray roads from Sale to Wood's Point, and from Sale to Harrietville, as soon as the weather will ad mit of such work being resumed. Thus, inter course will be rendered direct and easy between the chief places on both sides of the ranges; and, as the roads already cleared are principally along the crests of these ridges, there will for the future be no serious difficulty in transporting either provi. sions or machinery to any point where fresh dis coveries may be made—a matter of no little conse quence, as will appear from the fact that the population at and near the Crooked River had increased from 150 to at least ten times that number within a very few weeks of the opening of the Pioneer Reef. Such was the result of one discovery, at a most unfavourable season of the year; and this may serve to indicate what use will be made of the new roads when summer sets in.': Letter from Mrs. Stowe. We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter from Mrs Stowe : Northampton (U.S.), Aug. 16, 1861. Dear Sir,—l have delayed answering your letter of July 9 enclosing a certificated P.C.I.t stock for benefit of Freedman's Aid Society, because, being at a watering place, I could not immediately find the address of the treasurer of the Boston Society. I have this morning transmitted to him an order for the money, requesting him to acknowledge it to you. and to forward to you such documents as may show the progress of the society for the year. Never were a people more peaceable, more industrious, more hopeful in all respects. In the army aro no truer soldiers, more exact in discipline, more docile to command, more fearless in battle. My brother, Colonel James C. Beecher, commands a regiment of them, and he speaks in the highest terms of their bravery and docility. The camp is also a school, and spelling -books and Testa ments take the place in leisure hours that is often given in armies to worse things. Eventually America, England, and the world will be of ono mind on these subjec's. There has been a great diversity of spirits, throughout the world, in this our controversy, but God will show the tight, and when the right is shown all will acknowledge it. So now we keep silence and wait ; but when a bravo heart sees things before the times "i'm rejoice in it, and when the hand of aid comes to us from a true Englishman, we hail it as a forerunner or the time when England and America shall be knit together in one heart and one mind, as they seemed to be before this conflict, only the union shall be a true ono. The taking away of this accursed thing slavery will bring moral healing and soundness. One great thing that has corrupted the world will have sunk like a millstone never to rise. When I think how this accursed system of fraud and cruel tyranny has sunk and is still sinking, ever y event of our long and cruel struggle send ingsue itsuch prsateiilel precious lives l as am we reconciled giving; icvi dto our sufferings and sorrows, to the shedding of such precious bloid and loss of and not long are we, I hope, from the time when the amendment of our consti tution will finish and perpetuate the work, and make it impossible to hold a slave on Amerian ground, as now on that of England. As I have changed my residence, and hope at some future time to have the pleasure of hearing from you again, I enclose my address (Mrs. 11. B. Stowe, care of Dr. C. E. Stowe, Hartford, Conn., U.S.A.) —Very truly yours, 11. B. STOWE. FATAL LANDSLIP.—On INlonday evening be. twsen 40 and 50 navvies were engaged at a Mit. cutting on the Stockport and Tiznperley Railway, at Galley, near Cheadle, when a mass of earth, weighing, it is supposed about 60 tons, fell with a tremendous crash. The great ma. jority of the men below contrived to escape, Three, how ever, including John Mitchell, were buried beneath the debris. Mitchell was killed and the other two very seriously injured. THE NEW ZEALAND WAR. (From the Argus.) There is still no appearance of a speedy termina■ tion to the New Zealand war. This month, however, we have to record a success which goes far to come pensate for the reverse our army sustained at Gate Pa. After that engagement the Maories were im measurably elated. The leader of the East Coast tribes, Rawiri, sent a written challenge to the com mander of the troops at Taurangs, a chivalrous production, of which the following is a literal translation :—" Now hear what we have to say. We have been waiting for you to como and attack us for a whole month, bat you have not come ; and now we are coining to you. We give you warning, therefore, that you may expect to 'see me within the month, and not to let any of your soldiers out, for our young men will certainly shoot them. We give you warning that you may not say it is murder, for it won't be murder." The Maories, so eager for the fray, did not have to wait long. Oa June 21, Colonel Greer, the officer in charge of the forces at Tauranga, received informa that the enemy were entrenching themselves at a spot four miles inland from the scene of the late engagement. Col. Greer marched out to the place with an Armstong gun, a 6 pounder, and 600 men of the 43d and 68th, and Ist Waikato Militia (Victorian Volunteers) Regiments, and found that the enemy had commenced the erection of a new pa on a nar row neck of land, surrounded on three sides by deep gullies, and completely commanding the Tauranga road. All that had been done, however, was to con struct a single line of rifle pits. The Maories assumed the offensive themselves, their skirmishers firing briskly on the troops as they advanced across the plain. Tile skirmishers were, however, soon driven in, and Colonel Greer extended his men, placed his guns in position 000 yards frum the pits, and main tained a sharp fire for two hours, while he sent for reinforcements, As soon as the reinforcements were sufficiently near to give support the advance was sounded, and with a cheer which made the hills ring again, the 43d, 68th, and the Waikato Militia, rushed forward to the position. The Maories re ceived them with a heavy volley, and stood their ground well. The troops dashed into the pits, and a hand•to-hand encounter took place. It was not of long duration. The soldiers, determined to remove the stain the Gate Pa repulse had cast upon them, used the bayonet with effeot, and three or four minutes saw the Maories flying to the gullies, pursued by both cavalry and infantry, The former followed them for a distance of 10 miles, and with their breech-loading carbines did good service, though owing to the swamps and gullies with which the district abounds they could not prevent the escape of the main body of the enemy. Sixty-eight Maories were killed in the rifle pits, and altogether 107 bodies were collected. Twenty-seven wounded men were also brought in, and 10 other prisoners. Among the killed were Rawiri, the leader of the Maories at the Gate Pa, and Henare Taratoa, the writer ofßa challenge Zb the troops, a man much respected for his ability and education. Many more Maories must have been killed in the ravines, where it was not possible for the troops to find them. The English loss was compa ratively tiifling-9 men were killed and 39 wounded. Amongst the wounded are Captain F. A. Smith and Captain H, Berners, of the 43 ; and Captain R. W. T. Trent, Captain T. Casement, Lieut. H, I. R. V. Stuart, and Ensign W. H. F. Palmer, of the 68th. The engagement will be severely felt by the East Coast tribes, but it has far from broken their spirit. The latest advices report that they are erecting another pa in a strong' position farther back. It was said that Colonel Greer would attempt also to storm this work. Rewi and William Thompson, the leading rebel chiefs, were in the neighbourhood of Tauranga during the fight, intending to attack the place should the soldiers be repulsed. The guns of the corvette Esk were trained on the namp, and every preparation made to give the enemy a warm reception. As matters turned oat, however, the wily Thompson declined testing the issue. The firm and vigorous, but conciliatory, policy of the New Z -eland Government is already producing good fruite. Mr. Fox, the colonial secretary, has just received the allegiance of Wi Tako, a powerful chieftain of the Wellington district, who had raised the King flag, trained men, and threatened to destroy the peace CA southern part of the island is now enjoying. The New Zealand authorities are taking active steps to place the military settlers on the cor.quered soil. The Ist Waikato Militia ore to be located at Tauranga, and the 2d, 3d, and 4th Regiments in the heart of the Waikato country. This plan will effectually cat the rebels off from their accustomed source of supplies. By the very latest accounts 204 of the enemy's killed and wounded had been found. Our own list is as follows :- 43D REGIMENT, LIGHT INFANTRY. Killed—Corporal J. Wheeler, Privates Robert Johnston, William Vialou, Jeremiah Maber, H. Wilkinson, and T. Meagher. Wounded—Captains F. A. Smith and 11. Berners, Ser • geant Cane, Privates Daniel Felton, William Warner, John M'Guire, Robert Longley, Reuben Long, George Martin, John Payne, John M'Conliffe, Robert Brown, John Druiy, Charles Morris, and David Casey. GSTII REGIMENT. Killed—Privates J. Taylor, P. Shanahan, and J. Simms, Wounded—Captains 11. Trent and T. Casement, Lieu tenant H. J. H. V. Stuart, Ensign W. Palmer, Sergeants T. Stafford and H. Marschner, Corporals J. Kearney ani L. Beattie, Privates J. Derricott, P. Crawley, J. Hammill, 11. Wade, P. M'Gregor, J. Bramble. J. Purdy, J. Sargent, Abbot Thrift, J. Manion, G. Smith, J. Smith, S. Smith, L. Manion, H. Martin, S. Mullen, and D. Cufferey. Professor Fawcett on Parliamentary Reform. On Monday evening Professor Fawcett delivered a lec• turo in the Town Hall, Brighton, on Parliamentary Re form. The large room was crowded with an audience composed chiefly of working men, but which included a tolerable sprinkling of ladies. The PROFESSOR, on ascending the platform, was greeted with enthusiastic applause, and the feeling exhibited during the address was of the warmest description. In the course of his address he intimated repeatedly his strong attach ment to the cause of the working men, and the necessity of an extension of the suffrage so as to inolude them. and he pledged himself, on account of the fidelity of his supporters at the last election and the increased support he was pro mised at every visit to Brighton, to stand as candidate at the next election. In concluding his lecture Professor Fawcett said he had now merely touched the fringe of th, subject,but he hoped to have future opportunities of explain ing his opinions in detail. (Cheers.) He would just tell them now briefly his opinion as to the redistribution of seats which must accompany au extension of the franchise. He would not disfranchise small boroughs, but he would group them together, so that every market town in the kingdom should be represented. In this way he believed many advantages would be gained. If four or five small boroughs were grouped together, we should bring together four or five prominent landholders, who each had a special interest clashing with that of the others, and in such a way the boroughs might be ma do independent. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The line must be drawn somewhere ; and, if an artificial and arbitrary line were drawn, it would always present a case for fresh agitation. If it was said that all boroughs having less than 6,000 population should be dis franchised, an argument would at once be raised that the line should be drawn at the 6,505 populations, and so on. By his plan he believed the great inequality at present existing between the csunty and borough representation would be removed. He did not pledge himself to the plan, but he thought it worthy of consideration, and should be glad to hear their opinion of it. Mr TATHA3I proposed, and Mr W. D. SAVAGE seconded, a vote of thanks to Professor Fawcett, which was carried all but unanimously, Mr Macfarlane bolding up a hand to the contrary. Enthusiastic acclamation succeeded. Professor FAWCETT having briefly acknowledged the compliment, and renewed his pledge to become a candidate, the meeting broke up amid renewed cheering. Lieut.-Colonel FAWCETT, in introducing the professor, took occasion to wish him every happiness in his approach ing marriage. THE FRACAS AT BADEN-BADEN.—A Baden letter written the day after the late disturbance mentions that the irritation of the previous day had gradu ally died away. In the evening the public were observed to be still excited, and would easily have taken offence, but the croupiers of the bank were of extreme politeness, and appared to have received orders not to give the slightest pretext foe a repetition of the scene of the previous day. The official who had given offence was replaced by another, and satisfaction is said to have been offered to the person who was so brutally expelled. The administration of the gaming establishment is anything but pleased with the in cident, as it has driven from the tables the most respectable players, just at the moment of the races, when. the number of strangers is largest. In the race week the bank generally makes a profit of about a million francs, but that sum will fall tar short this year. Naval and Military Intelligence, We have received the following Mediterranean naval intelligence and movements in a letter from our own correspondent at Malta, bearing date the 10th of September:—" Her Majesty's screw store ship Supply left on the Ist inst. for Gibraltar and Woolwich, with unserviceable stores. Her Ma jesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Marlborough, bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Smart, accompanied by the screw line•of battle ship Gibraltar, the ironclad screw steam fri gates Resistance and Royal Oak, and the Orlando screw steam frigate left on the 3d for a three weeks' cruise, during which Palermo and other ports of Sicily will be visited, as well as Naples, returning to Malta by the 28th of September to receive the visit of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty a number of the best of the hired mechanics and ship wrights at Chatham dockyard are to be removed from that establishment to Sheerness for the pur pose of being permanently placed on the establish ment at that dockyard. The number of workmen employed on the screw corvette Cadmus, 21, and the screw gunvessel Torch, 5, 80-horse power, both of which are in the graving docks at Chatham, being repaired for sea, has been recently increased in order that those ves sels may be completed and the docks prepared for the reception of two first class frigates which are required to be brought forward for commission. As an instance of the urgent necessity which exists for the speedy completion of the additional new docks which are being constructed in connexion with and as part of the extensive scheme for the enlargement and extension of Chatham dockyard, it may be mentioned that, notwithstanding the position which Chatham has recently taken as the leading iron shipbuilding and repairing yard, there are for all practical purposes only two dock* available for re ceiving either large or small vessels of war, No. 2 dock, the largest at the establishment, being occu pied by the Bellerophon, building, while No. 1 dock is altogether useless for docking purposes, the Ad miralty having directed its being boarded over and converted into a factory. The Orontes, screw troopship, 2,812 tons and 500 horse power, Capt. Henry W. Hire, made her official trial of speed yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, preparatory to leaving England on troop service to the Cape and the Mauritius. The ship's draught of water was 22ft. 6in, aft, and 22ft. forward, with six months' stores and provisions on board, and 1,000 tons of coals in her bunkers. There was a strong wind from the south-west throughout the time the ship was under trial. Six runs were made with full boiler power, the mean of which gave the ship a speed of 10882 knots, and the mean of two runs made with half boiler power gave her a speed of 8.721 knots. The maximum revolutions of the engines were 52, and the minimum 50. The load on the safety valve. was 121 b. The temperatures taken gave on deck, 66; first run, engine room, 70 deg; ditto, forward stoke hole, 96 deg, 92 deg, and 80 deg; sixth ran, engine room, 72 deg.; ditto, forward stoke hole, 104 deg., and 82 deg. After the trial the Orontes returned to her berth alongside the transport jetty of Ports mouth dockyard, in readiness for sea. A new species of binnacle lamp, the invention of Mr C.W. Brown, an officer of the civil service in the Deptford Dockyard, was yesterday transferred to Woolwich, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, to be inspected by Mr. Turner, master shipwright, and the officials of the yard, and to be fitted on board H.M.'s steam storeship Industry, on probation. The result of the inspection was favourable, and a report given as follows :-1. From the construction of the reservoir no overflow of oil can take place. 2. From the form of the reflector double the amount of light is given. 3. There is no downward shadow, and the illumination of the compass card is complete. The lamp is always perpendicular, so that there is no smoking or blackening of the sides of the lamp as in the lamps now used. The lamp is shipped on the top of the binnacle. Bearings of any object can be taken by night with the greatest facility, the shade not being encumbered by the lamp, as the light is reflected down upon the compass card, and shows the latter clearly and distinctly. The lamp barns from 10 to 12 hours with a moderate consumptio❑ of oil. In yaterday's garrison orders issued at Wool■ with it was announced that, in accordance with orders received from the Horse Guards, the Plum stead Ranges, usually resorted to by the metropoli tan and neighbouring volunteer corps, will be re opened from this date for practice with shot and small arms only. The 31 brigade Military Train, in command of Major J. M'Court, from Canada, arrived at the North Woolwich station on Tuesday evening from Liverpool, and were met by Brigade Major Sher vington and staff, and escorted to their quarters at the encampment on Woolwich-common, preceded and played up by the Royal Artillery band. The brigade consists of Major J. M'Court, Capt. I. W. 111‘Farlan, Lieuts. G. Edwards, J. Simpson, and Thomas Gerard Lockyer ; Ensign :Sidney Francis Austin, Lieut. and Adjt. R. H. Powell, Quarter master J. Stalford ; Paymaster T. H. Ratcliff, Bri gade Major ; Sarg. F. Reynolds, Veterinary Surg. J. M. Wilson, 16 sergeants, 4 trumpeters, 111 rank and file, 30 women, 23 children, and 3 horses. The health of the brigade was yesterday reported good. The batteries of the 13th brigade Royal Artillery yesterday departed from headquarters, Woolwich, for Dover, as follows—No. 7, in command of Major R. E. Craufurd, Second Capts. W. R. Lluelly and H. L. Gwyn ; Lieuts. W. Matins and F. F. Bar ham, gunnery instructor, 110 non-commissioned officers and men, 18 women, and 30 children. N, 1 battery, consisting of Capt. C. Johnson, Captain and Brigade-Major C. F. Roberts, Lieuts, J. C. Robinson and J. A. S. M. Davis, Assist-Surgeon Robinson, 110 non-commissioned offioers and men, 15 women and 22 children ; and No. 2 Battery comprising Major P. Dixon, Captain J. C. Lyle, Lieuts. W. S. Brown and R. T. Farquhar, 106 non commissioned officers and men, 16 women, and 22 children. The batteries were conveyed by special trains from the Royal Arsenal Station, Woolwich. Lieut. Edward Hoare, sth Fusiliers, and 40 non commissioned officers and men, yesterday went down to Woolwich, and took up quarters in the Royal Artillery Barracks, in preparation for the arrival of Lieut. Colonel Master, C-8., and the re. mainder of the regiment, ordered to winter in that garrison for duty, from the Tower. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Captain E. W, Vinsittart now additional of the Formidable, to the Achilles, com missioned ; Captain J. U. Goodenough to the Vic tory, additional for the Victoria; Isaac Inglis, master, to the Fisgard, for the Blenheim ; N. G. Arguimban, master, to the Fisgard, for the Valiant; Lieut. Walter Stewart, to the Tamar; Lieut. John Inglis to the Achilles, for gunnery duties; Lieut. Noel Osborne, to the Achilles; Rev. W. Gunter to be chaplain to the Egmont, complement incomplete; M. F. Moresby, paymaster to the Achilles ; Henry W. Andrews, assist,-paymaster, to the Blenheim; C. R, Watson, assist-paymaster, to the Hastings; R. K. Heaven and Adolphe Hunter, assist.-pay masters, to the Achilles; Edwund G. Ellis, clerk, to the Tamar; Arthur S. Ramsey, clerk, to the Brisk ; E. S. Peach, clerk, to the Blenhiem ; I'. Forder, clerk, to the Achilles ; and Alfred Postance, assist,-clerk, to the Achilles. A "' RESPECTABLE MAN."—At the Judges' Cham bers, on Tuesday, an application was made to bail a mar committed by the Egharn magistrates for burglary, on whom was found a jemmy. It was urged that he was a "respec table man." Mr Justice Shee—Oh I a respectable mai, with a jemmy. (Laughter.) The application was refused THE SOUTHERNERS.—The army of the North it well fed and well clothed compared with that of the South. A gentleman, who had escaped from the Libby gaol at Richmond, informed me that a few days before his departure there had arrived three Confederate regiments, whose uniforms were made of the calico, striped with gi eer and white, which is sold as an imitation of Venetian blinds, shoes and stockings being altogether wanting. Just pre vious to this, a whole brigade had entered Richmond in a pelting rain, and had been obliged to pass the night without shelter. The courage and fortitude with which the South erners face every privation, the skill and daring of their generals, the willing renunciation of everything they pos sess, forbid us to believe that they can ever be vanquished All the church bells have been melted down and recast into guns, all the cushions and hassocks converted into beds fot the wounded, all the women's jewels and ornaments sacri ficed to the exigencies of the struggle,—Once a Week, - --- 1 -- --0.-7. ~;. ,A A L , tilt ' Itif,"o • TIM rit -0-4 -7;kit- -- Ortinbil: HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 13: The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday morning, In the afternoon her Majesty went out with their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princegi Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps. His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe -Coburg went deer-stalking yesterday in the For Est of Invercauld, The Empress of the French. We learn from Schwalbach that the Empress of the French, whose name is entered in the list of visitors as the Countess of Pierrefonds, visits th e Weinbrunnen ev er y morn i ng , i n th e mos t u ncon" strained and cheerf u l m anner , mos t cor di a lly re' turning the salutations met on ever y s id e , an d pro' menading for s ome ti me among t h e v i s i tors . Fier first care was, on observing the Nassau gendarme! posted in all directions, and in all the glory of thei r State uniforms, to effect their removal, e t least from the walks. Her Majesty's toilette is exceedingly tasteful, and yet simple. There are no ornaments, lace, or ribbons flying loose, and the same black, brown, or blue silk robe is worn morning and evening, with always a round hat. Her Majesty walks very quickly and grace' fully, but with a strong kind of walking-stick. Oa Saturday morning the Empress went to mass, walk' ing through the principal street, to the Roman Catholic church, attended by her retinue. Shortif before noon her Majesty was visited by the Queen of Holland, who came post from the Rheingau' The visit lasted till four in the afternoon. Th e Duchess of Nassau, who was expected on Monday , will probably remain for some time. The interview with the King of Prussia was of more than an hour's duration, and immediately afterwards he r Majesty visited the springs, although a g reater number of visitors than usual were present on au: count of its being Sunday.• Many strangers wife' in carriages, and amongst others were many Au r Irian officers of high rank. On Thursday h er Majesty drove to Schlangenbad and visited th e springs and promenades, affably returning the sale; tations of the numerous visitors. After a stay e' !bout two hours the Empress returned to Schwa!` bach. A wish having been expressed by her Mu; jesty to witness the gathering of the vintage, a vo" will be made to Johannisberg, wh ere P r i nce met' ternich has made arrangements for a grea t festival on the occasion. The Marquis of Sligo has left the St. George's Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left Bretbl Park on a visit to tho Earl and Countess of Scarboroug h ' who are now entertaining company at their seat in York' shire. The Earl of Dalkeith, who arrived in town a few days since from the continent, will immcdiately Pr ° ' ceed to - Scotland, where the Countess and family are re' siding. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are n Ol 4 staying at Aria's Hotel, Cowes, having returned to Englan from a tour in Germany. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will leaf s Cambridge House, at the end of the week for Broadlandiv Hants. Sir Courtenay and Lady Honeywood have left the St. George's Hotel. Sir Philip and Lady Duncombe have left the S t. George's Hotel. A NEW TORPEDO.—A Berlin letter states that the military committee of Prussia has given it A l universal approval to the new subm ar i ne t or p e d oe s, invent e " by the renowned Herr Bauer. In the opinion of the coot' mittee they are " a most valuable addition to the inetrlV ments of naval warfare," and in fact will tend to render s° attack of the coasts impossible. The torpedo is a submar ine ship, moving with considerable facility at any depth, allow.' ing of bombs being fastened to other ships. As it is call Kiistennbrander, its application seems, however, to v" limited to the coast. Herr Bauer, a Bavarian sergean t ' whose name as a self taught engineer of mark has been long before the public, is the same gentleman who some time ag o had been employed for similar exp er i men t s i n th e bay Cronstadt, As far as the Russian Government allowed )1' (o transpire at the time the submarine ship he constructed for them was no particular success; returning to Germany public subscriptions were got up, and continued with O r prising perseverance, which enables him to resume his e r n periments in Lake Constance, as well as in some of tlid sheets of water surrounding Berlin. If Berlin military °x i , naval engineers are not mistaken, he has at length pre y . , " the discoverer he always pretended to be. The chief d i t culty he must have overcome in that case, and which : 0 combated in vain formerly, if Russi an re p or ts are to credited, is the disproportion between the power of the pin pelling force and the corresponding we i g ht o f th e ship. j•- $ Finnish waters, whenever he moved the ship with suffieje lt o rapidity to make it obey the rudd er , th e we i g ht o f the W e i required for this purpose was t oo muc h f or th e capacity ° the vessel, and thus vice versa. EXTRAORDINARY STORY.—The following sing /1° ar story has been told to us upon the most reliab le 4 authority. Some years ago, a Bristol clergyman, of gt, )° , if means, died, l eav i n g a y o ung and rather int eres ting Wi' d , ° /l 0 with several children, in very good circumstances. /i e j lady, who was of a religious turn, felt that she was c° l ' upon to do what she could for the instruction of the workin° classes, and chose for her sphere of exertion a railroad ° connection with the city, and then in course of constructioali She read and spoke to the navvies employed upon it at convenient times—when they were eating their Meals after they retired from their labour, and was always tree ,' with great respect and regard by th e roug h but &I natured fellows. One young man of the gang, however, he who was by no means the most teach a bl e o f h er hearers, S iie particularly endeavoured to improve,and with this vie/ e lf sent him to school in the neighbourhood, charging be ree s o with his board and maintenance; but after he had be' t there some time, the master honestly informed her th e y possibly, owing to his age and want of quickness, O le o was little chance of his ever learning much. Upon thief t lady declared that she herself would undertake his ino trll- 0 Lion, and, to this end, she had the man every evenitigjio her house to teach him simple branches of education. As 1- ,,,t lives in a good part of our suburbs , and is well known by P e ", respectable neighbours, the circumstance of the raan' ll gular attendance at the place was soon noticed, and rurn°l o got abroad that Mrs --was educating a navvy' wi th t h e view of ultimately marrying him. A lady with whom s i p was acquainted, hearing th ese un pl easan t re p or ts, wrote '" her, expressing her belief that it was no t t rue , b u t sugg ee r o ing some more prudent and suitabl e arrangemen t than I t , for the improvement of her protege. Upon which the w e 0 gyman's widow wrote back that it was quite true she 4 ; ,,0 t' doing her utmost to educate and instruct So-and-so (1 10° 7,, s the navvy), with what ultimate purpose she should not t/"1 to state, seeing that that concerned herself alone, but trUetcd that his eternal well-being would be thereby secured, an / (the fair writer continued) she had so many notes of IS; quiry or remonstrance from her friends on the subject th e n she had a circular reply printed, one of which she b e g ge d to enclose." And enclosed, sure enough, was a Pri ste c , paper, couched in very much the same language as th e s 0 companying note, and several copies of which fa ba ye/ be e seemed, got into circulation amongst friends. We t ale hear that the other navvies, the fell ow workmen 19i. • fortunate man, recently waited upon their preceptresol whether it was really disapproving of the course taken e 4 her or envious of their co-labourer, intimated that the/ oe no desire to receive any more J her instructions. s° . e est matter stands, according to our inf orma nt, who ha s se es. one of the printed circul a rs above alluded to—Seises/ : I ' . o A PARROT TELLING HIS MISTRESS WU° ji . t io ROBBED HER.—Henry Hill, gunmaker, street, and Henry Brockington, brushmaker, 1.105P0,1 street, were charged as the Public-office, yesterdaY , le r t breaking into the house of William Freeman, coal O a ost 0 0 Summer-lane, and stealing 10s. and a silver watch. Thursday morning last about eleven o'clock Mrs V se s o o st went out to get some. meat for dinner, and locked the ;coo behind her. On her way down the passage leading stie the court in which the house is situated to the stree t, 00 saw the two prisoners. On her return she again ss W . h t prisoners, who ran away. She found the door all 116160,0 e but, on going inside, she discovered that the money dy a d of her cabinet had been broken open, and that 10s. j silver watch had been taken away. The prosecutsis ;est parrot in the same room, and she stated, in answe r ,„ wel t Powell, who appeared for Brockington, that when sh e 1 ,0 in the parrot said to her, " 0 missile, you should's t_ 00 4 left the house, Brock has been with another rog ue 00, stolen all the money." On hearing this she at onc e °, t he petted Brockington and his companion, and reporttive rubbery to the police, with her suspicions. Pete tell fij sergeants Mountford and Spokes went immedis .00 search of the prisoners. They found them in th e 0 01' 0 Lion, Ludgate-hill, and on searching them found roe' person the watch and 10s. in money, less ld. PotS eutrix identified a half-crown among the mo ney by the ta e state of the milling. It appears that the same 12 °1 0 cos e broken into by Brockingt®n about four yea rs ago. •/: was remanded till to-day, to summon a witness rat' the prisoners enter the public-house togeth er alt" ,0 bery,—Bit iningham Test.